Our Team

Staff, board, and volunteers

Isabelle Finney

Isabelle leads the team behind Finding Kids. In 2011, she left her corporate career to work full-time for organizations focused on child protection, namely International Justice Mission, Geneva Global and Opportunity International. Isabelle has been on the Board of a local pregnancy resource center and has volunteered as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate).

 

Isabelle’s twenty-year corporate career began in Africa in 1992 and spanned three continents and multiple industries including Unilever, Credit Suisse and DHL Worldwide Express where she was named in the “Top 10 most High Potential in Management”. Isabelle is a former Chartered Management Accountant with degrees in accounting and finance from the University of Natal, Durban. She has earned certificates in Executive Leadership from INSEAD in Singapore, and in Philanthropy from the Harvard Business School Executive Education program.

Jeff Walker

Sergeant Jeffrey Walker (ret) is a 35-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, where he held a range of assignments including with the Special Victims Bureau’s Child Abuse Detail and the Major Crimes Bureau. He continues to serve the LASD as a part time child abuse detective at Special Victims Bureau. Sgt. Walker was a founding member of the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Taskforce (LARHTTF) and served as chair of the law enforcement sub-committee for LA County’s First Responder Protocol, one of the first of its kind in the nation.

 

Sgt. Walker continues to perform the lead coordinator role for ‘Operation Reclaim Rebuild’, an annual statewide enforcement surge operation targeting traffickers and sex buyers. As Director of Investigations for Finding Kids, Sgt. Walker oversees all investigations and case management.

Michelle Guymon

Michelle Guymon leads Finding Kids’ Aftercare Coordination Unit, and directs Policy and Advocacy on behalf of the organization. Ms Guymon served 34 years with Los Angeles County where she was most recently the Director of the Child Trafficking Unit with the LA County’s Probation Department and project manager for the County’s Law Enforcement First Responder Protocol for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children. Ms. Guymon also Chair’d LA County’s CSEC Integrated Leadership Team, working with various county and community agencies to create a multi-system response model.

 

Ms. Guymon is a frequent presenter and trainer nationwide regarding child abuse issues, and child sex trafficking. In 2016, Shared Hope awarded Ms. Guymon with its ‘Pathbreaker Award’, and she was recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Saving Innocence in 2023. Ms Guymon graduated from California State University, San Bernardino where she received her master’s degree in social work.

Julia Bremer

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Caitlin Weech

Caitlin Weech volunteers as Finding Kids’ Human Resource Manager to assist in staff / volunteer recruiting and onboarding, development of policies and guidelines, establishment of corporate culture, and staff professional development. Caitlin has nearly a decade of experience in management and holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. She is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Human Resource Management and is delighted to be able to combine her interest in HR with her desire to make a difference in the lives of children.

Grant Clark

Grant Clark serves as Finding Kids’ Director of Strategic Partnerships, leading the organization’s private, corporate, and community partnership efforts and helping expand the network of supporters committed to Finding Kids’ mission.

 

Grant has long been passionate about supporting vulnerable communities, particularly children, and brings an entrepreneurial and relationship-driven approach to his work. His commitment to service has included founding his own nonprofit and developing partnerships that bring people and resources together around meaningful causes.

Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Grant earned his Bachelor’s degree from Loyola Marymount University, majoring in Urban Studies with minors in Business Administration and Psychology. At Finding Kids, Grant combines his entrepreneurial spirit, passion for building meaningful relationships, and commitment to creating lasting impact for children and families.

Anita Chen

Anita Chen is Finding Kids’ Strategic Impact Officer, leading fundraising efforts among faith-based communities and family foundations in the Bay Area.
Anita brings over a decade of experience from educational technology and business, having received her MBA from San Jose State University and her Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology from Liberty University.

Anita is passionate about creating innovative and transformative solutions to safeguard children online. Her role at Finding Kids blends her passion for advocacy, education, and dignity restoration for survivors.

Before Finding Kids, Anita began an education consulting business from her home garage. Her teaching has impacted students around the world with a focus on confident and clear communication. In 2023, Anita was gripped by the issue of child sex trafficking. She subsequently shifted her life’s work from educating children to protecting them. She sees her education of donors as an extension of her work, blending her academic knowledge, teaching background, and penchant for communication. Outside of work, Anita enjoys hiking, investing, and philanthropy.

Raymond Bechard

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Elizabeth Briese-Ludwig

Elizabeth Briese-Ludwig volunteers as Finding Kids’ Internal Auditor to independently review financial activity and processes. She works alongside staff to ensure financial reporting accuracy and assist with process improvements. Ms. Briese-Ludwig’s experience spans more than 30 years, beginning as an accountant at a public accounting firm, auditor at two federal agencies, and internal auditor at a local government and nonprofit organizations. Her background includes accounting and business administration degrees and a Certified Internal Auditor designation. She is passionate about financial integrity and transparency. Ms. Briese-Ludwig also volunteers as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) appointed by a judge to represent a child’s best interests in court to secure a safe and permanent home.

Her internal auditing role allows Ms. Briese-Ludwig to support Finding Kids’ vision of safety for children.

Silvia Wagner

Silvia volunteers as the Events Manager for the Finding Kids team, assisting with organizing high-impact events. She has over a decade of experience in the Events & Hospitality industry. Silvia graduated from Menlo College with a BA in Communications and Media Studies in 2007 and has since honed her skills in event planning and coordination.

Silvia’s journey in advocacy began when she served on the volunteer host committee for the Super Bowl in San Francisco where she first encountered the issue of sex trafficking in the U.S. During this experience, she received training on identifying trafficking victims and distributed toiletry kits containing hidden emergency contact information for victims. This pivotal experience fueled her passion for making a difference in combating human trafficking and exploitation. Since then, Silvia has collaborated with leaders in the hospitality industry and local law enforcement to improve standard operating procedures (SOPs) for staff encountering trafficked individuals within hotels and event venues. She remains committed to raising awareness about sex trafficking and is proud to be part of a team striving to create positive change.

Mona Wilson

Mona Wilson serves as Finding Kids’ Director of Development. Mona has lived and worked in the San Francisco Bay Area since the early ‘90s, working mostly in real estate. Prior to that, Mona spent 20 years based in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore, where she served as the Development Director and Corporate Secretary for the Hong Kong Philharmonic. During that time, Mona also owned and operated Sumi Arts, an art gallery with locations in Singapore and Hong Kong.

 

Mona has been an active member and volunteer with the Connoisseurs Council, Asian Art Museum; the Children’s Theatre Association; San Francisco Symphony Ladies Auxiliary; San Francisco Ballet Ladies Auxiliary; San Francisco Auxiliary of the Fine Arts Museums and the Society for Asian Art.

 

Mona earned her Bachelor of Arts from Bryn Mawr College and her Masters in International Management from George Washington University.

Jeffrey Schneider

Jeffrey Schneider manages Financial Planning, Treasury, Contract Administration, and Technology as a volunteer for Finding Kids. Jeffrey earned his bachelor’s degree in Economics from California State University, East Bay, and his MBA in Finance from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. After spending his career focusing on corporate financial planning and operational finance, he recently moved to the public sector where he manages Finance, IT, and Contract Administration for a Special District located in Livermore, CA. Jeffrey currently serves on two boards: the Livermore Amador Symphony Association and Valley Humane Society. He has three grown children and enjoys hiking, art, travel and spending time with his family and friends.

Vic Lacey

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Steve Wagstaffe

Steve Wagstaffe has served as San Mateo County’s District Attorney since 2011. Steve was hired as a Deputy District Attorney in 1977 and has been with the San Mateo County District Attorney’s Office for over 40 years. Steve is the immediate past president of the California District Attorneys Association and continues to serve on its Board of Directors.

 

Steve grew up in Menlo Park and has been a lifelong resident of San Mateo County. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana in 1974 and his Law Degree at the University of California, Hastings College of Law in 1977.

Sharmin Bock

Sharmin Bock is a 30 year veteran prosecutor, and a nationally recognized expert in human trafficking, with a long and successful track record for rescuing commercially sexually exploited children and holding traffickers accountable.

 

In 2005, Bock helped create the first of its kind in the country Human Exploitation and Trafficking (HEAT) Unit, dedicated to prosecuting traffickers and rescuing victims.

 

Bock currently serves as HEAT Unit Team Leader, and oversees the HEAT Response for the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office. Bock was recognized for her achievement as the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Fay Stender Award, given by the California Women Lawyers, to the woman attorney in the State of California “who has demonstrated her commitment to under-represented or disadvantaged people…serves as a role model for women attorneys and has demonstrated the ability to affect change, using her zest, humanity, personal courage, and forceful presence to serve others.” In March 2010, the California State Legislature honored Bock as Woman of the Year.

 

Bock has educated and influenced state and federal law enforcement, advocates, policy makers, and funders, across the country, about the crime and impact of child sex trafficking. Legislators in Georgia and Hawaii, as well as in the United States House of Representatives and Senate, have invited Bock to testify to help improve laws nationwide. Most recently, and with far reaching consequence, Bock co-authored Proposition 35, an initiative on California’s November 2012 Ballot, which passed by a landslide margin and gave California the toughest anti-human trafficking law in the country.

Blair Maus

Blair Maus is a Finding Kids’ Board Member and works as a volunteer on the team, coordinating our aftercare efforts and serving as the co-program manager for our County Champion program. Blair earned her MBA from Kellogg in 1998. In 2021, she graduated from the Colson Fellowship program – an intensive training in Biblical Worldview and became a Colson Fellow. Blair has been involved with foster care for two decades which is where she first learned about sex trafficking in America. She is especially passionate about raising awareness of the sex trafficking of boys and mobilizing the Church to join the front lines of this battle.

Angelique Griepp

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Marta Obando

Marta is the CEO of Crescent Bay Capital Management, an investment firm specializing in managed futures. She has successfully raised capital for prominent hedge funds like Muddy Waters Capital and RAYS Capital, demonstrating her expertise in navigating complex financial markets and fostering investor relationships. Marta’s career spans roles as a broker at top-tier investment banks in Hong Kong including Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, BNP Paribas, Bear Stearns, and Citigroup. Marta Obando served as a Board Member and Head of the Funding Committee for Justice Centre Hong Kong (JCHK), a leading NGO dedicated to supporting victims of human trafficking, refugees, and survivors of torture and forced labor. Marta’s contributions played a key role in strengthening JCHK’s ability to empower marginalized communities and drive systemic change. Marta holds a B.A. from the University of Missouri – Columbia.

Sandra Robles

With 24 years of experience in the tech industry, Sandra has a strong track record of driving strategic initiatives and operational excellence at large, complex companies. Sandra spent 20 years at Google, followed by 2 years at Coinbase, and is currently the Vice President of Strategy and Operations at Zscaler. Sandra’s expertise lies in helping organizations accelerate their pace, enabling leaders to make informed decisions, and enhancing the delivery of superior services, products, and user experiences. Throughout her career, Sandra has consistently demonstrated the ability to navigate and thrive in dynamic environments, contributing to the growth and success of the companies that she serves.

Axelle Girardot

Axelle currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer at Rosendin, one of the largest employee-owned electrical contractors in the United States. She brings 25 years of business transformation experience as a strategist and operations leader for some of the nation’s top tech giants, including Palo Alto Networks, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Intel, McAfee, and Bain & Co. While at McAfee, she served as President of the Board of WISE (Women In Security & Engineering), driving diversity initiatives, both within and outside the organization. She served two terms as a Board Member of Cake4Kids, and supported its expansion from five bay area counties to delivering smiles to youth at risk nationwide. Axelle was born in Canada, raised in France, and has been calling the Bay Area home since 2000. She is the proud parent of a teenage daughter. In their spare time, you can find them on the mountain, skiing or enjoying the outdoors.

Kathy Drake

Kathy Drake received a BA in German Studies and International Relations from Pomona College. After completing an MBA in Finance at UCLA, Kathy joined Dodge & Cox Investment Managers in 1981, where she worked as an investment analyst and portfolio manager, ultimately serving on the firm’s Investment Policy Committee and as trustee of the Dodge & Cox Funds. Since her retirement from the firm in 2010, Kathy devotes her time volunteering with a number of nonprofit organizations, primarily focusing on microfinance and economic empowerment.

Carla Rodriguez

Carla Rodriguez has been a prosecutor for over 25 years, taking over 70 cases to jury trial in her career. She leads a department of 135 employees, including 55 attorneys, a Victim Services Division, Family Justice Center and an Investigations Bureau. In her role as District Attorney, Carla is responsible for holding violent offenders accountable, giving a voice to victims throughout the court process, and for ensuring that everyone is treated fairly and equitably in the criminal justice system. Carla earned her Bachelor of Arts from St. Mary’s College and Juris Doctorate from Santa Clara University.

Tom Rawlings

Tom Rawlings has over 30 years of legal and leadership experience in juvenile justice, child protection, government relations, and capacity-building. As a member of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department at Taylor English Duma LLP in Atlanta, Georgia, Mr. Rawlings concentrates his practice on advising and defending youth-serving organizations. Previously, Mr. Rawlings served as the director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, and as Director of the Office of the Child Advocate. Mr. Rawlings was the first full-time juvenile court judge in the Middle Judicial Circuit and oversaw juvenile justice cases in five counties. In addition to his work in the US, Mr. Rawlings has also served as the Guatemala country director for International Justice Mission, where he built and led a team of Guatemalan professionals who worked with government prosecutors and courts to protect and treat child sexual abuse victims, prosecute offenders, and train child abuse professionals. He has trained child welfare, justice, and human rights professionals across the US as well as in Armenia, Romania, and Thailand. Mr. Rawlings earned a Masters’ degree in International Human Rights Law from Oxford University (UK), and is certified by the National Association of Counsel for Children as Child Welfare Law Specialist.

Cari Guittard

Cari Guittard has served in global cyber security, counterterrorism, and political military roles for the US Department of State’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security. Post 9/11, Guittard worked for advertising legend and Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Charlotte Beers, and then Secretary of State Colin Powell.

 

After leaving the Department of State, Guittard served as Executive Director of Business for Diplomatic Action (BDA), where Guittard built and directed a global initiative to help businesses drive their social impact. Ms Guittard currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer for purposewerx, a management consultancy focused on scaling social impact, where she leads Corporate Diplomacy, Crisis Management and Tri-Sector Engagement for one of their consultancies, ChangeX.

 

Guittard currently also serves as a Professor of Practice with Hult International Business School teaching graduate courses in Leadership, Corporate Diplomacy, Crisis Management, and Gender Intelligence. Ms Guittard has appeared in numerous media outlets including the BBC, The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and Fox News. She has a degree in Government & Political Science and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Susanne Keller

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Betty Ann Hagenau

Founder and Executive Director of the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition (BAATC.org) and Airport Initiative bringing human trafficking identification training to thousands, Betty Ann has been a prominent leader and speaker in community-based strategies to fight human trafficking for over 18 years. Starting her career as a Director at International Justice Mission after earning a Masters degree from Stanford University in International Policy Studies/Conflict Resolution, she has focused her career on being an anti-trafficking thought leader, and is known for her collaborative work with over 100 anti-trafficking organizations and government agencies in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the world.

Erin Harrel

Erin Harrell has been a volunteer strategic advisor to the CEO of Finding Kids since 2021, with a focus on external communications and business development.

 

With over two decades of experience in global strategy, investor relations, communications, and capital raising for private equity and venture capital, Erin is personally responsible for raising nearly $11 billion for blue-chip alternative assets firms such as GGV Capital, The Blackstone Group, 3i Group, and IK Investment Partners. She has lived in five foreign countries and speaks several foreign languages fluently.

 

Erin wanted to “live into” her community more. With that, she pursued a long-time interest in law enforcement and graduated from a California police academy at the age of 51. She now has first-hand experience of what it is really like patrolling the streets of the Bay Area.

 

Erin holds a Bachelor of Arts from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. She also earned a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for her master’s studies at the Universidad de Belgrano in Argentina. For over 13 years, Erin was a highly competitive figure skater and she attained US as well as Canadian gold test medals in ice dancing.

Liz Davis

Liz brings nearly 30 years of entrepreneurial experience, having co-founded and operated a successful skateboarding business with her brother, a professional skateboarder, certified Olympic trainer, and coach. Together, they have secured major sponsorships, including partnerships with brands like Vans, and have expanded their business across the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Mexico. This entrepreneurial spirit complements Liz’s more than 20 years of expertise in executive management, nonprofit development, fundraising, budget forecasting, and board engagement.

 

Liz is deeply involved with St. Columba Parish in Oakland. She serves as a Eucharistic minister and a member of the health cabinet, contributes to spiritual and wellness initiatives, and founded the parish’s fundraising committee. Her dedication to both her career and her parish underscores her passion for fostering meaningful, lasting change in the lives of those she serves.

Volunteers

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County Champions are volunteers who represent Finding Kids in their local communities.

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